Event Details

Join us for our January monthly meet-up, come to meet other people in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) community in the Valley. network, talk about your industry and create and incubate new innovations.

This month’s meet-up is the first in our new Speaker Series.

Speaker Series Topic: Protecting Your Intellectual Property

Presenter:

Charles Runyan, Jr., Ph.D., J.D.

Head, Patent Prosecution

Gallagher & Kennedy, P.A.

When and if to file a patent application and how the new patent laws change that analysis. This talk will give one patent attorney's opinion of when to file a patent application. And will also cover the new patent laws and compare them to the old way and discuss the practical changes that may be driven by them. Plus, as much time for questions and answers as you want.

About our speaker:

Dr. Runyan is an intellectual property lawyer located in Phoenix, AZ, he received a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Texas A&M University, attended law school at the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ.

He has held law firm and in-house positions in Phoenix, Houston, San Francisco, and Santa Clara. Admitted in Arizona, California, Texas, and at the USPTO.

Maker Bench
2010 E. University Drive, Suite #4
Tempe,
AZ 85281

Thursday, January 19, 2012 from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM (MST)

Organizer

Engineers Unite is an Unincorporated Association that provides a forum for engineers, scientists, technologists, students and others in the science and technologies industries to network and discuss local and global topics in the industry.